Using Mapping of Service Delivery Sites to Increase Contraceptive Availability in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

摘要

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) represents one of the greatest demographic challenges of our time. With a natural increase of 2.8% a year, the Sub-Saharan African country's population of more than 69 million inhabitants will double by 203 7. The problems of rapid population growth are nowhere more evident than in Kinshasa, the DRC's capital: The province of Kinshasa has an estimated current population of approximately 10 million living in an expanse of 3,847 square miles.